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squiresque · 09-13-2020, 04:44 PM

I upgraded today to V30.0 0-2020090714 - the very latest version. The upgrade process was quite smooth - carefully following the instructions in the provided PDF.

However, I relied on my 128G SD Card as my backup and primary storage for books -- as most people thinking of performing this upgrade would think to do -- and the latest update is unable to read my SD card.

This error has been noted on the Boyue Likebook Facebook page by others, and there are assurances from Boyue that an update solving the problem will be forthcoming. I write to make sure that error is known in this thread, and to point out that the recent firmware update to the 8.1 upgrade firmware does not solve the problem. Hopefully the fix will be OTA and not require re-rooting.

Also, it is not at all obvious to me that my Mars is faster or better in any way from the update. I was satisfied with the Mars at 6.1, and even recently upgraded to an Alita for large PDFs. Since my Mars is significantly less useful without the SD Card, I recommend waiting before rooting your device to 8.1 until this, and who knows what other catastrophic problem, is resolved.

09-13-2020, 04:44 PM	#81
squiresque Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2018 Device: Likebook Mars, Alita	SD Card not readable with latest Mars 8.1 Update I upgraded today to V30.0 0-2020090714 - the very latest version. The upgrade process was quite smooth - carefully following the instructions in the provided PDF. However, I relied on my 128G SD Card as my backup and primary storage for books -- as most people thinking of performing this upgrade would think to do -- and the latest update is unable to read my SD card. This error has been noted on the Boyue Likebook Facebook page by others, and there are assurances from Boyue that an update solving the problem will be forthcoming. I write to make sure that error is known in this thread, and to point out that the recent firmware update to the 8.1 upgrade firmware does not solve the problem. Hopefully the fix will be OTA and not require re-rooting. Also, it is not at all obvious to me that my Mars is faster or better in any way from the update. I was satisfied with the Mars at 6.1, and even recently upgraded to an Alita for large PDFs. Since my Mars is significantly less useful without the SD Card, I recommend waiting before rooting your device to 8.1 until this, and who knows what other catastrophic problem, is resolved.